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THOMAS SIM LEE, Esq; Governor.
passage of the said act, suffered by the depreciations
of the enemy, upon their representing their cases, on
oath or affirmation. And the lieutenants are directed to transmit
fair accounts of all such deductions to
the governor and council. |
1780.
CHAP.
IX. |
CHAP. X.
An ACT to enable the sheriffs of this state to take bail bonds in
certain cases. |
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WHEREAS the sheriffs of the state have not heretofore
been empowered
to take bail bonds of persons taken on criminal writs, whereby much
inconvenience is derived to the sheriffs, much trouble to the civil magistrate,
and much delay to the administration of justice: |
Preamble. |
II. And be it
enacted, by the general assembly of Maryland, That from
and after the first day of April next, it shall and may be lawful for all
and every of
the sheriffs of this state, and their deputies, to take bail bonds of all
persons taken
by them on any criminal writ, for any offence less than felony, with security,
if the said sheriffs or their deputies shall think it necessary; and that
the said sheriffs
and their deputies shall be obliged, on serving any criminal writ as aforesaid,
to take a bail bond of the criminal, and his or her security, if security
is judged
necessary as aforesaid, in a sum not exceeding one hundred pounds, to be
paid to
the state of Maryland, conditioned, that the said criminal shall appear
in court
on the day the said writ is returnable, attend the court from day to day,
and not
depart therefrom without leave of the said court; and in case the said
criminal
shall not be considered by the sheriff or his deputy sufficient for the
sum aforesaid,
and cannot find sufficient security, to be approved of as aforesaid, that
then the
said sheriff or his deputy shall take the said criminal before a magistrate
to be
dealt with agreeable to the law now in force; and that the said sheriff
shall return
the said bail bonds to the court of his respective county, on the first
day of
the said court to which the said writ is returnable. |
Sheriffs may
take bail
bonds, &c. |
III. And be
it enacted, That where there is a failure of the performance of
the
condition of the bail bonds aforesaid, a writ shall issue for the recovery
of the penalty,
and a declaration shall be filed and a copy delivered to the sheriff, to
be
served on the delinquent, with the writ, who shall be obliged to go to
trial the
same court, provided the writ be served eight days previous to the return,
and
without any imparlance; and in case of the defendant refusing to plead,
the court
may give judgment, except in extraordinary cases, at their discretion. |
In case of
failure writ to
issue, &c. |
IV. And be it
enacted, That every of the sheriffs of this state, who do not
pursue, by himself or his deputies, the directions of this act, by taking
bail bonds
of the criminal and his security, to be approved of as sufficient by the
court to
whom such bond shall be returned, or taking the said criminal before a
magistrate,
to be dealt with according to the directions of the law, shall be liable
to be proceeded
against in the same manner as he would have been, on his default in not
bringing in the party according to his return, if this act had not been
made. |
Sheriffs not
pursuing the
directions of
this act liable
to be proceeded
against, &c. |
CHAP. XI.
An ACT to extend the time and to enforce the collection of the taxes
in several
of the counties within this state, and for other purposes.
The £. 5 and £. 20 taxes
are consolidated, and the proceedings of the commissioners, assessors and
collectors, who had proceeded to act before they received the acts of assembly
respect their duty, are
made good, although not performed at the appointed times. |
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CHAP. XII.
An ACT to continue the acts
of assembly therein mentioned. |
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CHAP. XIII.
An ACT for the relief of John Needles of Talbot county, and Richard
Clarke
of Saint-Mary's county, collectors of the tax. |
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CHAP. XIV.
An ACT to prohibit the exportation of Indian corn, what, wheat flour,
and flesh
provisions, by land, for a limited time.
To continue until the 1st of February
next; but by the act of this session, ch. 35, the prohibition is
continued, except with respect to Indian corn, until the 1st of April.
Expired. |
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